Jefferson

12 historical markers in Ohio

Abraham Lincoln’s Visit to Steubenville

Steubenville, OH

Abraham Lincoln and his family stopped in Steubenville on February 14, 1861 on their way to Lincoln’s presidential inauguration in...

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) / Carnegie Library of Steubenville

Steubenville, OH

Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Benjamin Lundy Home / Free Labor Store

Mount Pleasant, OH

After witnessing the slave trade in Wheeling, Virginia, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) resolved to battle the...

Federal Land Office

Steubenville, OH

This log building was constructed in 1801 by David Hoge on the west side of Third Street.

Fort Steuben

Steubenville, OH

In 1787, the construction of Fort Steuben was completed by Captain John Francis Hamtramck and soldiers of the 1st American Regiment, who...

Giuseppe Moretti / Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Toronto, OH

Giuseppe Moretti was born in Siena, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1888.

Mooretown Soldiers Monument

In 1871 Robert and Martha McLaughlin George erected a Soldiers Monument in the memory of their son Thomas and other soldiers from Ross...

Ohio River Lock and Dam 10 Site

Steubenville, OH

Lock and Dam 10, completed in 1915, was part of a slack-water navigation system built for the Ohio River.

Ohio Valley Steelworker Statue

Steubenville, OH

The Ohio Valley Steelworker Statue was cast at Centre Foundry and Machine Company in Wheeling, West Virginia and dedicated in 1989.

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton

Steubenville, OH

Born in Steubenville in 1814, Edwin McMasters Stanton studied at Kenyon College and opened his law practice in Cadiz in 1836.

Society of Friends in Early Smithfield

The Plymouth Meeting of Smithfield is considered one of the earliest Society of Friends (Quaker) congregations in Ohio.

William Pittenger Congressional Medal of Honor, 1863

The General at Union Station in Chattanooga, Tennessee (circa 1907).

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